German term
United States
Professional experience
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, British, UK, US) 
Works in: German to English, English, English to German
Sterberasseln
This is a report in the context of geriatrics and whether to respect people's wishes with regard to reanimation.
What would you say? With the onset of death... When death was incipient...
| 4 +5 | death rattle |
David Tracey, PhD
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| 3 +3 | terminal respiratory secretions |
Lynne Köhler
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| 4 | noisy breathing in patients near to death |
David Hollywood
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| 4 -2 | Cheyne–Stokes respiration |
Sanni Kruger (X)
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Nov 6, 2017 10:55: OK-Trans changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): philgoddard, Lancashireman, OK-Trans
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Proposed translations
death rattle
http://www.inneremedizin.insel.ch/fileadmin/innere-pupk/inne...
"Diese Rasselgeräuschewerden auch als „Sterberasseln“ oder „Death Rattle“ bezeichnet."
https://books.google.ch/books?id=4ZJLAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT241&lpg=P...
| Thanks so much! |
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Ellen Kraus
22 mins
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Many thanks, Ellen.
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Siegfried Armbruster
1 hr
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Many thanks, Siegfried.
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philgoddard
4 hrs
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Many thanks, Phil.
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Michele Fauble
: "Death rattle" is colloquial. Medical term is 'terminal respiratory secretions'.
8 hrs
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Lancashireman
: How do you suggest the asker deals with the 'Bei' construction here? / During death rattle?
23 hrs
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Anne Schulz
: AFAICS, 'Sterberasseln' is simply a German adaptation of the English 'death rattle', and I don't see any register problem or need to search for more complicated or sophisticated solutions.
4 days
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Many thanks, Anne.
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Germany
Automotive, medical & technical expert
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
terminal respiratory secretions
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Michele Fauble
8 hrs
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philgoddard
: I don't think you should use euphemisms. The German doesn't.
9 hrs
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Lancashireman
14 hrs
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Anne Schulz
: a reasonable alternative as the connection with butylscopolamin is more natural than with the direct translation "death rattle"
4 days
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
noisy breathing in patients near to death
I don't think it goes as as far as "death rattle"
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http://www.uniklinik-ulm.de/fileadmin/Zentren/Tumorzentrum/S...
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it's not the death rattle IMO
Cheyne–Stokes respiration
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Michele Fauble
: 'STERBErasseln'. See asker's context.
7 mins
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Cornelia Riedl
: cheyne-stokes respiration is a very specific definition for a respiratory pattern that is commonly associated with congestive heart failure.
8 hrs
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